I don’t know why anyone doubted that. Off one leg he’s top 3. In the modern era, you don’t go from dominating the tour to nothing just because you took time off. And as Zverev proved today, the younger crop haven’t really even closed the gap, let alone gone past him.

I don’t know why anyone doubted that. Off one leg he’s top 3. In the modern era, you don’t go from dominating the tour to nothing just because you took time off. And as Zverev proved today, the younger crop haven’t really even closed the gap, let alone gone past him.

Djokodal should dominate this tour for a few years yet.

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Yea he will have one more run at #1. The younger ones have not caught up yet so Djokodal will still lead the pack for a few years. Federer is still in the midst as well.

He started off slow, not too much penetration in his shots, weak follow through, and generally negative body language. By the end of the first set, that started to change, he got sharper, the shots had more venom on them, he was moving much better, everything was going up. He still needs to improve more though and needs to get that first serve percentage in a safe zone.

Although this maybe the best opportunity that Federer has to beat Djokovic at AO, not counting AO 07.

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We will see. Not a done deal for both and I know people think del potro was tougher but on ao I'm not so sure tbh and idk who Novak faces in his next two matches. On One hand despite my nerves djokerer matches I think are objectively the best of big 4 so would be intriguing esp after no meeting for a while

We will see. Not a done deal for both and I know people think del potro was tougher but on ao I'm not so sure tbh and idk who Novak faces in his next two matches. On One hand despite my nerves djokerer matches I think are objectively the best of big 4 so would be intriguing esp after no meeting for a while

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Of course, all we can do is speculate. But then again, isn't 50% of the discussions here based on speculation?

Personally I never bother judging the speed. I think I heard someone say that Rod Laver Arena plays a bit faster than other courts. Or are you talking about that one as well?

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He played good but had another slow start. He squandered 6 break points before breaking. Serve looked better tonight and he made more errors than he would like but was pretty solid. He looks really good off the ground.

Yea Rod Laver is playing faster and has been playing faster than the other courts the last few years. All of the courts seems slower to me than 2017 but still really quick. I guess I have seen more matches on Margaret Court, which is a bit slower, so that may be why it feels like it's playing like 2016.